Kate pretends to fall in love with Floyd after his bad experience with a mail-order bride.
The Shady Rest Horseshoe Tournament rolls around, and Pixley Fats is it's main contender. He might have a little speed bump though, in the form of the tournament's first female player, Betty Jo.
Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville to take another crack at shutting down the Cannonball.
Uncle Joe, Kate Bradley and her daughters at the Shady Rest Hotel find their holiday disrupted when the Scrooge-like Homer Bedloe of the C&FW Railroad threatens to close down the beloved Hooterville Cannonball.
Herby Bates, who is sweet on Billie Jo, won't be seeing much more of her, he has just been drafted.
